This biography introduces readers to Martin Van Buren including his early political career and key events from Van Buren's administration including the Second Seminole War and passage of the Independent Treasury Act. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Examines the life and presidency of Martin Van Buren, describing his failed efforts to control such issues as slavery and the great banking panic of 1837.
They called him "the Magician," "the Red Fox" and other names that celebrated his political skill. And, indeed, there is no doubt that Martin Van Buren was the most innovative politician of his age.
Chronicles the life of Martin Van Buren, focusing on his role in the development and transformation of American politics in the early part of the nineteenth century.
The Autobiography of Martin Van Buren
Martin Van Buren, eighth president of the United States, has been judged harshly by some historians as a politician by trade and a spoilsman without principles, a "little magician" who...
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A thorough, illustrated biography discussing the childhood, career, family, and term of Martin Van Buren, eighth president of the United States.
Examines the life and career of the eighth American president, who had the nickname Old Kinderhook.
Martin Van Buren to the End of His Public Career
Martin Van Buren - Old Kinderhook is the biography of Martin Van Buren, the eighth President of the United States serving in office from 1837 to 1841.